Mitsubishi Cement CorpMining Incidents in 2008

Employee experienced a sharp pain in his left shoulder on about Jul.2,2008 while installing conduit at the Roll Press and again on Aug. 29 while performing similar work at the Blend Silos. The pain continued to worsen and it started impairing usage of his arm. On Sep.28 he reported to a supervisor his condition and arrangements were made to get medical advice.

There were no witnesses to accident. Injured appeared to have been closing the lids on truck trailer and fell to ground between platform and trailer while attempting to traverse the opening between top of trailer and the steps of the platform. The truck appeared to have been positioned approximately 3 feet further away from the platform than normal.

Employee was working in 4cy5. At 10:30 pm a large piece of coating fell from the upper walls of 4cy5. The coating fell on his head and left leg.

Climbing down from access hatch approx 10' above landing and 50"" above walkway, employee slipped, scraped right lower back on metal step. Reacting to the injury, grabbed bar, swung down to walkway stepping on the railing horizontals, rolling to deck on his back. He was wearing double lanyard and harness but failed to use it in accordance with company policy.

EE was descending an A-frame ladder from an elevated (5') work area. His foot slipped off the 3rd or 4th rung of the ladder, causing him to fall 3-4 feet, landing on his left leg and tail bone. Back-tender over L1, Leg-tender over lateral. No dislocation or bruising.

Assisting coworker lifting and sliding sideways a 250 lb pipe onto steel table, pipe coated with nonslip material creating more resistance, Employee felt sharp pain in lower back. Employees should have used mechanical lift but were in ""hurry"" was the reason for not following their training and company policy on proper lifting.

Loading 20 foot piece of 8 inch wide channel iron, hand on end of channel to steady it. Material slid sideways 4 inches, finger pinched between metal and ground and cut on end requiring stitches. No glove on hand, employees in hurry.

Employee was assisting in opening a rail car bottom dump door by attaching a come-along to the door to try to pull it open. The day after the event, he felt discomfort in the left side of his back. On Aug.20th the employee reported that his back was still hurting, the company arranged for a Dr's. appointment that day. The extent of the impairment is not yet known.

Employee was pushing upward with a long metal rod trying to dislodge a tire that was jammed up on the tire rollers (conveying system). In doing so, employee strained his lower back.

WHILE EE WAS ADJUSTING THE PULLER, HE PULLED HIS BACK MUSCLES CAUSING SPASM TO HIS MID BACK.

Rubber tires were moving along a roller conveyor. A tire became jammed against a steel beam, other tires continued to tighted up the row of tires. The injured employee attempted to 'unjam' the tires by pulling up on the first tire in the row. As he pulled on the tire with a long hooked bar, he strained a muscle in his lower back.

Employee bent down to pick up box and aggravated prior injury to left knee. He properly lifted the box.

Installing gauges on bottle on top of rig truck bed. Turned & slipped off edge falling to ground-broke fall w/arms on ground. Did not go to doctor until 3/20/08. Dr deemed he was able to work w/no limitations. This made the injury ""not reportable"". On 4/29/08 he went to his personal orthopedic surgeon & was put on limited use of left hand, making it reportable on 4/29.

While jack hammering on clean-up project, jack hammer slipped off of rock causing left ring finger to be pinched between jackhammer and frame of T-Bird crusher.

Employee was walking from her car to her office when she stepped on a small rock in the roadway, causing her to slip and fall. There was a slight down hill angle and it was not yet daylight although there are street lights in the area. Her knee was cut when it made contact with the rough surface of the pavement and required stitches.